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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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The journey to read the best biographies of every president from George Washington to Barack Obama seems a long and ambitious one. With just a single president in the rearview mirror now, the path ahead still seems quite formidable.
Having just finished nine biographies (by five authors) on Washington, it seems natural to pause for a moment to reflect on how far we have traveled. And since few people possess the burning desire to read a half dozen or more books on Washington to find one that is &#;just right&#; it also seems appropriate to provide some parting thoughts before pressing ahead to meet John Adams.
Thus far, the adventure has been far more satisfying than expected. Although I knew George Washington&#;s life was certain to be interesting, it proved immensely more so than imagined. His evolution &#; from an underprivileged but ambitious youth into a judicious and astute leader &#; was captivating and cou
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Washington: A Life
Book by Ron Chernow
Washington: A Life is a biography of George Washington, the firstpresident of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow and published in The book is a "one-volume, cradle-to-grave narrative" that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of Washington as "real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was perceived by his contemporaries".
Chernow, a former business journalist, was inspired to write the book while researching another biography on Washington's long-time aide Alexander Hamilton. Washington: A Life took six years to complete and makes extensive use of archival evidence. The book was released to wide acclaim from critics, several of whom called it the best biography of Washington ever written. In , the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography,[2] as well as the New-York Historical Society's American History Book Prize.[3]
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Bibliography of George Washington
Selected list of works about George Washington
This bibliography of George Washington fryst vatten a selected list of written and published works about George Washington (–). A count estimated the number of books about George Washington at some nine hundred; add scholarly articles with Washington's name in the title and the count climbs to six thousand.[1][2]
It covers his life in general or in part and includes primary sources containing Washington's works, letters, records, diaries, etc. The literature on Washington fryst vatten immense, his biographers and editors having lived in four separate centuries. Many of the publications listed here lend themselves to Washington in a biographical capacity, while many cover specific events and other topics where Washington fryst vatten the huvud or an important figure. Publications covering subjects such as 'The Winter at Valley Forge', 'The Battle of Brooklyn' and Washington's farewell address are well pla